Education for Global Citizenship. Meanings and Practices for a Transformative Cosmopolitism

In this paper we want to address the different meanings of global citizenship in order to characterize the pedagogical practices of what has been named as education for global citizenship. After a short analysis of the different stages of development education, from a patronizing approach of the50s to the actual education for global citizenship, we will discussing meanings and perspectives of cosmopolitism: an ethical perspective, mainly through Martha Nussbaum writings who speaks of cosmopolitan abilities, a political perspective, with Held's vision on global democracy or Sousa Santos radical view of western democracy, and a sociological perspective that allows as to identify process of intercultural communication where the cosmopolitan outlook could take place, following Ulrick Beck and Gerald Delanty proposals. We conclude this paper with a short discussion on what kind of global citizenship spaces should be promoted if we want to foster a sense of global citizenship.